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Pakistan's cultural capital is in the Taliban's sights...from Lahore." In March, masked gunmen opened fire on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in central Lahore, killing eight people, wounding six players and destroying Pakistan's hopes of hosting international cricket. Similar... In this article: Lahore, Taliban, Pakistan, Suicide, Punjab, Conservatism, and Unemployment |
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New Kerala | November 10, 2009
Busy safeguarding his chair, Zardari overlooks important security issues
...the Prime Minister heads the DCC, The News reports. The last time, the DCC met was in March, when it reviewed the war on terror, Pakistan's investigation into the Mumbai terror attacks. The audacious terror attack on the visiting Sri Lankan...
In this article: Asif Ali Zardari, Sri Lankan cricket team, Mumbai, Lahore, and Islamabad
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Cricket365 News | 1 hour ago
Kiwis, Pakistan looking for consistency
...Pakistan 2-0. Although officially a Pakistan home series, it was relocated after New Zealand refused to go to Pakistan over security fears after militants attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore eight months ago. Even without home...
In this article: New Zealand, Shane Bond, Peter Fulton, Intikhab Alam, Indian Cricket League, Umar Gul, and Imran Farhat
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Sri Lankan team arrives looking for elusive first Test win in India
...where the team is scheduled to play. Sri Lankan officials have taken all precautions after their team became a target of a militant attack during their tour to Pakistan in March this year. Sri Lanka Test squad: Kumar Sangakkara...
In this article: India, Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka, Mumbai, Thilina Kandamby, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Ajantha Mendis, and Mahela Jayawardene
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L.A. Times - World News | 6 days ago
Pakistan Taliban taps Punjab heartland for recruits
...the violence. The daring Oct. 10 commando raid on the army's headquarters in Rawalpindi, a heavily guarded complex that is Pakistan's equivalent of the Pentagon, was engineered by a Punjabi militant who also organized the deadly ambush of...
In this article: Taliban, Punjab, Sargodha, Al Qaeda, and Islamic
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Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa visits Lumbini
This is his second visit to Nepal in a year. He had cut short his earlier visit to the country in March this year after the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan. (c) 2009 Published with permission from United News...
In this article: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Lord Buddha, Ram Baran Yadav, Sri Lankan cricket team, Kapilvastu, and Kathmandu
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Pakistan's support to terror harming South Asia: PM
...Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. The prime minister also denied Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's allegation that India was responsible for the rising wave of terrorism in Balochistan province. Speaking two days before Maharashtra...
In this article: Manmohan Singh, South Asia, Allegation, Car bomb, Sri Lankan cricket team, India, Mumbai, and Lahore
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Times of India | October 15, 2009
Is Pakistan losing war against Taliban?
...fighting", an official said. Lahore has become a prime target. Terrorists have carried out several attacks on the city, Pakistan's cultural and political hub. In March, insurgents attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team who had come to...
In this article: Taliban, Lahore, Islamabad, Suicide, Pakistan Army, Punjab, Swat, Pakistan, and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
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BBC News | October 15, 2009
Pakistan on alert after attacks
...his return from a trip to the United States. Lahore, the centre of Pakistan's cultural life, was long spared the brunt of unrest, but has seen a string of deadly attacks throughout 2009. In one of the most notable incidents, in March,...
In this article: Lahore, Suicide, Car bomb, Peshawar, Islamabad, Federal Investigations Agency, Sri Lankan cricket team, and United States
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Pakistan (), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Thus, it occupies a crossroads between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.
The region forming modern Pakistan was at the heart of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then later was the recipient of Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek, Turco-Mongol and Islamic cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and/or settlements by the Indo-Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols, Sikhs and the British.
In addition to the Indian independence movement which demanded an independent India, the Pakistan Movement (led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League), which also sought an independent India, sought an independent state for the majority Muslim populations of the eastern and western regions of British India. The British granted independence and also the creation of the Muslim majority state of Pakistan that comprised the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, Balochistan and East Bengal. With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
- Name:
- Pakistan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Local Name:
- Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān
- Capital:
- Islamabad
- Language:
- English (Government)
- Urdu (National)
- Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi,
- Motto:
- Ittehad, Tanzim, Yaqeen-e-Muhkam
- Largest City:
- Karachi
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic federal
- Founding Date:
- March 23, 1956
- Formations:
- Independence
- Area:
- 803,940
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $422.392 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $164.557 billion
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 47th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,022
- Time Zone:
- PST
- Currency:
- Pakistani Rupee (Rs.)
- Demonym:
- Pakistani
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- PKR
- Country Calling Code:
- 92
- ccTLD:
- .pk
- Anthem:
- "Qaumi Tarana"
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